Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-03-03

The Merchants National Bank of Dead
wood pulls down the blinds. Liabilities
THIS far aggregate $425. 600.
Paul C. Russell, editor OF the Postoffice
Bulletin of st. Louis, was instantly killed
by train on the Illinois Central tracks.
Senator Sawyer has introduced an
amendment to the general deficiency bill
directing the secretary Of the navy to pay
to the United States Il Congo National
Emigration Steamship company a sum
equal to 500 and render rations for sixty
DAYS for every adult person OF color who
shall desire to emigrate to Africa on the
ships OF their line.
Senator Manderscn, from the committee
on military affairs. reported tavorahly an
| amendment to the legislative appropria-
ton bill making an appropriation OF
| 81, 500 to enable the secretary OF war to
provide suitable medals to be presented to
the competitors in the national drill to
take place in Washington next May.
Mrs. Gen. Logan has sent the following
note to Senator Sabin OF Minnesota
Dear Senator Sabin: | cannot refrain from
telling you how grateful | was at your
glowing tribute to my dear husband.
You know how truly he valued your friend
ship, and while live shall ever be CRATE
ful to you for all you have said and done
for him who was all the world TO me.
Yours gratefully, Mrs. John Logan.
Postofices established: Mountains; VIII
| liams, Gallatin county. Postmasters com
missioned- Dakota: 1nkster.J. Barry; Viii.
lard. W. H. Elliott. Fourth class postmast
ers appointed Minnesota: Fodrang Il. l..
orphus. Iowa: Merrill ID. *. Tooker; Ser
geant's Bluff, c. L. Ritz.
Willard Collins was killed at Sioux Falls
by the accidental discharge OF a shotgun.
Gov. Church OF Dakota, has appointed
James A. Ward, of Sioux Falls, territorial
auditor.
Gen. Sheridan, who was before a congress
sional committee by invitation, said: He
had heretofore refrained from expressing
any expert opinion on coast defense, but
in his view what the country needs at
present is guns, and when these have been
procured il will be proper to take up tho
question oil Notifications.
Addison d. Budd. Rosewood. Dakota:
Edward b. King, Green Bay, Wisconsin;
Chas. L. Monroe, Milwaukee. Wisconsin;
Walter III. Winchester and Louis Hunter,
of Bismarck, were all admitted to prac-
tice before the interior department.
President Cleveland has decided to have
a court of inquiry at Fort Ceur de- Alene,
Idaho, to investigate allegations OF GER
tam a-tttHsL AOi. w
and Lieut.. S. Clark, second United States
Infantry, lately on duty at tho post in
question, the former as commander and
the latter as quartermaster.
The acting secretary of the treasury has
issued call for $40, 10000 3 per cent.
bonds. The call will mature April /.
The president has sent to the senate mes
sages vetoing bills granting pensions to
John ID. Fincher and Rachel Ann Pierpont.
AS to the first-named case, the president
maintains that the disability for which the
pension is asked was not incurred in the
service; and as to the latter case the pres
| ident says that the records OF the pension
office show that since this bill was intro
duced pension has been granted to
claimant by the pension office at the
same rate authorized in the bill.
In Rhode Island recently was held
the special election to fill the vacancy in
the house OF representatives, Forty -ninth
| congress, from the second district. made
by the verdict OF mo election" in Novem-
Der, 1884, as deelaraed by the national
house. The election resulted in the choice
OF Charles III. Page, the Democratic con-
testant, over William A. Pierce. Republi.
can, and Alfred Chadsay, Prohibitionist,
Justice Wood, OF the supreme bench, is
recovering his health in Southern Califor-
mia.
The senate to-day passed the Nicaragua
canal BLISS to 3. The nays were Messrs.
Berry, Coke, Jones tArk.), Maxey and
Vest.
Church & Phalen. extensive dry goods
dealers. ut Troy, n. Y. assigned. Liabili-
ties, S225, 600 to $3.50, 900; assets about
the same figures.
Tho sola has bao,, .,,,suro, tod ~ Joot.
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railroad hy irIg ond e.ect . batsi on
the heights.
The P,r, bl,,.t 81 uavorb;u N oss ,vo
hnrnad ss Sioo 400. vail ,ns,rad
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Harvey Y. Llght OF Rochester, y. l., pi o.
prletor OF the Eureka steamooat company
sa5 a,o6 i-''o .'''e'' $1,000 'S''
d Inc uerinan elsetions re1hioed IN large
soeiahstlc gains, 5ut u - supposed tne